Dr Ewan Stein

Ewan is a Senior Associate Fellow at the Alwaleed Centre and Senior Lecture in International Relations.

Ewan Stein is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Political and Social Science, University of Edinburgh. He received his PhD in International Relations  form the London School of Economics and holds MAs in both Arab Studies (Georgetown University) and Arabic (University of Edinburgh).

Ewan works on the intersection between international relations and, particularly Islamist, social movements in the Middle East. He is interested in the ways in which Islamic discourses have shifted over time as part of state hegemonic projects, how social movements have influenced and challenged such discourses, and how ideological and social dynamics within states shape relations among them.

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